A beauty queen, Khanittha Phasaeng from Thailand has emerged as the winner in a national beauty pageant competition called Miss Uncensored News Thailand and has admitted that she used to be a garbage collector.

17-year-old Khanittha “Mint” Phasaeng has been helping her mother to collect garbage in order to support themselves. She also had to give up her studies after her sixth year in high school, as her mother couldn’t afford her school fees.

With the intention of offering the most diverse educational experience possible, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) has signed an Agreement on an Academic Exchange program with Thailand's Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT). This Agreement, signed last month, aims to facilitate cooperation between the two universities on exchange programmes that will benefit both faculty and students as well as giving them the opportunity to further enrich their learning experiences.

SLTC's School of Engineering and SIIT will work on the exchange of undergraduate and post graduate students on the coordination of joint projects, seminars and conferences etc. Five students an year can avail themselves of this opportunity.